C was outgrowing her old one... . Not surprising because she had been sleeping in her cot for the past 6 years. 

We had the cot converted to a junior bed some years back but the length of the bed could not be adjusted. There was talk about getting her a new bed a long time ago but because we couldn't find something we liked, we had been putting it off. C was growing fast and we finally decided that something had to be done when her head and her feet touched the bed frame of her cot. 

We dug out an old bed frame from the store and had it fixed up. The old cot-converted bed was dismantled and put away. Then in the evening, we headed off to Ikea to get her a new mattress and some new sheets. :)

C loved her new single bed; she arranged her favourite mates to let them share her space and then she called it a night.  :)

We went to Ikea this evening as they were having a sale and we thought we could grab a bed for C.

C tried on a few... Ha ha! She literally plonked herself onto the various beds and even rolled around to see if she was comfortable. But nothing caught her eyes. Daddy too, felt that some of the beds resembled those in the hospitals hence we didn't buy any.

Bed hunting continues...

Yeah.. new sheets!!

Cheryl is still sleeping in her baby cot so I didn't want to waste money getting sheets for her special sized mattress and of course, the natural thing to do is, get sheets for Daddy and myself! Haha!

Daddy was pleasantly surprised when he saw them and so was Cheryl who requested to "sleep on Mummy's bed". But then again, she asks this same question every night.

... Getting kiddy sheets... Daddy knew instinctively what I was up to and gave me a look of mocked horror but he didn't say anything else so I guess I can do what I plan to do! Hee...

This is the first time we have such colourful sheets! And it is all because of C that I got them. She sleeps in her cot and the mattress is small so it is very difficult to get such cute sheets for her so I decided to get them in queen size so that it will brighten up the room a little.

We changed the sheets while Daddy was outside on the computer and to give him a little surprise too. So when Daddy did get into the room, he almost choked on the pear he was eating. Hee.

Just look at the smile on C's face!

We have been training Cheryl to sleep on her own bed for the past 3 nights.

Actually, it's my fault. Daddy and I will play with Cheryl before she goes to bed and all three of us will lie in bed and sing songs or just have her tell us what she did for the day; bonding time for us three. Then C will kiss us good night and conveniently sleep along side us and fall asleep. I will usually wake up later and transfer her to her own bed after.

But Daddy and I thought it is not healthy for her to sleep with us all the time because she can get too needy and will not sleep unless we are around. So we embarked on this "uphill" task of training her. She will try numerous times to climb onto our bed and I will have to get up and move her back and sometimes, this ding-dong between the beds can happen up to as many as 20 times in a night. The first night was tough but Cheryl soon discovered that she could trick me; she would ask me to make her milk (she would be in her own bed) and then I would step outside to prepare her drink. And when I got back, she would be lying on our bed and pretending to be asleep.

I would have to say aloud "Oh Cheryl is sleeping! Mummy is going to pour away the milk" and pretend to walk out of the room. C would then sit up and protest and I would tell her to go back to her own bed. This usually works (keeping my fingers cross).

Tonight will be the 4th night so we are hoping that by the end of the week, she will have no problem sleeping on her own.

Update: It was only slightly better; I didn't have to carry her to her bed that many times. But this morning, Daddy told me this: Cheryl was sleeping very closed to Daddy when I came back into the room because she told Daddy "Cheryl sleep with Daddy, Mummy no space."

She must have thought that by giving me space on my side of the bed, I would allow her to sleep with us. Ha ha ... again its my "fault" because I always tell her it's because Daddy and Mummy have no space when she is on the bed with us. So can I blame her? No wonder she kicked up such a ruckus when I lifted her off our bed but mid-way to her bed, she burst out in chuckles as if knowing that her scheme to find her way back to sleeping with us has failed.

This is our bed now and as you can see. It is getting a little overcrowded. I really have to shoot myself because I must say I have quite a neck for getting myself into trouble.

In my bid to coax Cheryl to lay and fall asleep in her own bed, I told her that her Baby (the doll on the left) and Princess (obviously) will be lonely in her bed. But Cheryl has other plans, she climbed onto ours, asked for her milk and promptly put Baby and Princess next to her.

I asked in mock horror, "Oh, where is Mummy going to sleep now?" and our little spark shifted her little body to her right and made space for her Mummy dearest.

Oh later on, she also brought her bunny up to the bed.

Several months back, I bought Cheryl some bath toys so that she would willing take her bath and not have me run around the house to catch her. But after the toys and the tub; she loves bubble baths, it is getting harder to get her out of the toilet because she wants to stay in there to play with Duckie, Frogie, Baby, Boat, and... .

Cheryl has been sleeping in the play pen for the longest time. In fact, she has outgrown it several months ago and at night, we can hear the cracks everytime she stretches so Daddy who has been on leave, decided that it is time we do something about it.

We bought this cot for Cheryl even before she was born but she has never slept in it. Daddy converted it to a junior bed and Cheryl wanted to help too. When it was all done, she was so excited that she wanted to sleep in it immediately.